Have you been burned before by Windows on Arm? Are you worried whether the apps you need will actually run on Copilot PCs? But after playing around with one myself, I'm fairly optimistic that those days are over, as Qualcomm executives promised. After receiving a Surface Pro (2024) 11th Edition from Microsoft for review, I spent a good chunk of my first day just downloading various applications and seeing if they'd run--and if they did, how well. First, this is indeed a productivity tablet, and Microsoft and Qualcomm have done a good job making sure most common productivity application work without hassle. Second, Copilot PCs are not gaming PCs, and there's a good chance your favorite games won't even run.

Although there are some big-name omissions (Netflix, YouTube and Spotify), the headset already supports over a million compatible App Store apps, Apple's first-party offerings and over 600 apps developed specifically for the "spatial computing" device. Here are the notable third-party Vision Pro apps you can install on day one. Microsoft didn't skimp on its entry into the Vision Pro era. Seven of the company's Office apps are available to install on launch day. These include Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and Loop.

'Make meetings more fun and personal with Decorate your background,' Microsoft said The fancy option adds sparkling fairy lights and glasses of champagne to your background. Meanwhile, the celebration option adds a festive Christmas tree and presents behind you. The feature will launch in early 2024 for Teams Premium users. The news comes shortly after a study revealed how your background on video calls can influence the first impression you make. Researchers from Durham University say that people who sit in front of houseplants or bookcases are deemed the most trustworthy.

Microsoft has begun formally rolling out the Windows 11 2023 Update (aka Windows 11 23H2) on Halloween with an unexpected treat: a redo of the "Chat" function within Windows 11. Microsoft began rolling out "Moment 4" of Windows 11 this week, aka the Windows 11 2023 Update, with a comprehensive list of features that includes Copilot's AI chatbot. Microsoft formally announced the rollout on Tuesday morning. Microsoft is describing this as a "cumulative" rollup update, so you'll get all of the features Microsoft has announced previously. Now, Windows has revamped the "Chat" function on the Windows desktop with what Microsoft is calling "Microsoft Teams (free)," pulling a bland mask over the top of the same terrible concept as before.

Most people know the feeling of having an off-morning--e.g., sleeping past your alarm or the coffee just not kicking in. Putting on a full face of makeup is one way to shake yourself out of the doldrums before your video meetings, but it takes time. Or at least, it did before Microsoft's newest video filter for Teams, which lets you skip the real-world primping. Called the Maybelline Beauty app, this set of effects lets users apply digital makeup colors and skin blurring to their faces--an amped up version of Zoom's long-available "Touch up my appearance" video setting, which smooths out skin imperfections. Microsoft's filters rely on AI-powered tech called Modiface (owned by Maybelline's parent company L'Oreal), which creates a virtual map of faces to apply the digital makeup.

In the ever-evolving digital world, the metaverse is no longer science fiction but a tangible reality with numerous potentials for organizations. For business it is crucial to understand the significance of this technology and its impact on the future of your organization and work. In this article we are exploring possibilities, opportunities and challenges of the Microsoft metaverse for business. Let's begin with a short description what the metaverse is, in our context. The metaverse connects our physical world to the digital one and vice versa.

ModuleQ, the People-Facing AI company, announced the first GPT-enabled insights solution for client-facing professionals. ModuleQ People-Facing AI enables businesses to deliver timely, hyper-personalized insights directly to their client-facing professionals in Microsoft Teams. ModuleQ's initial GPT integration helps professionals work more efficiently by summarizing key themes in news articles and research reports, and the company will launch additional use cases in the near future. ModuleQ selected the GPT models and Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to help customers unlock the value of their information assets, both proprietary and externally sourced. ModuleQ People-Facing AI improves employee experience and drives revenue growth by proactively surfacing real-time, client-centered insights, automatically tuned to the current context and preferences of each professional.

Microsoft is targeting the supply chain market with its latest software release. The Microsoft Supply Chain Platform is designed to help organizations maximize their supply chain data estate investment via a combination of Microsoft artificial intelligence (AI), collaboration, low code, security, and SaaS applications within one overarching platform, according to the company last month. This supply chain software rollout by Microsoft comes at a time of supply chain disruption worldwide. Whether due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the Great Recession, the "Great Resignation," quiet quitting, layoffs, legislation that impacted trucking and shipping, the war in Ukraine, or other factors, the global supply chain has stuttered of late. Chip shortages, cabling shortages, and much longer lead times for equipment have become the norm. Supply chain dovetails nicely into existing Microsoft strengths in enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), collaboration, project management, and the cloud.

See the Important information section for specific usage details. Power Virtual Agents lets you create powerful AI-powered chatbots for a range of requests--from providing simple answers to common questions to resolving issues requiring complex conversations. Engage with customers and employees in multiple languages across websites, mobile apps, Facebook, Microsoft Teams, or any channel supported by the Azure Bot Framework. These bots can be created easily without the need for data scientists or developers. Power Virtual Agents is available as both a standalone web app, and as a discrete app within Microsoft Teams. Most of the functionality between the two is the same.

Dubber Corporation Limited (Dubber) announced that it has signed a Foundation Partner agreement with Nuwave Communications, Inc. (NUWAVE). NUWAVE, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, is one of the fastest growing providers of Microsoft voice services in North America and a key player in the Microsoft Operator Connect calling program. Dubber Unified Conversational Recording (UCR) and voice data services are now integrated into iPILOTTM and available to all NUWAVE clients from August 1. Microsoft Teams has more than 270 million monthly active users, making it the world's fastest growing and most popular business communication suite. NUWAVE is a global communications and cloud platform as a service provider with a focus on simplification, automation, and innovation.